Drive-Tech News
The Mayor of Westbury, David Windess, organised his second charity kart race with a share of the money raised in aid of The Wiltshire Air Ambulance. This time he managed to get mayors from 3 other towns to take part including Bradford-on-Avon mayor Peter Leach, Frome Mayor Nick White and Glenis Ansell the Mayor of Calne. There were also teams from local businesses and pubs all trying to be the winning team in a very exciting, albeit little damp endurance karting event.
Cllr Windess said in the Wiltshire Times "It was a very enjoyable event, althoughit was very wet and cold. We managed to raise about £320 in total, which will be split between the charities evenly".
"The team from Rygor Commercials, Salisbury Branch were the winners and the team from the Crown Inn did very well" "It was one of my last events as mayor and we managed to raise £2,300 for my two charities over the year, which has been good".
If you have a charity that you would like to raise money for and would like to organise a go karting event, please email the Drive-Tech Marketing Manager, Lyn Eden at to discuss in more detail. If you would just like to come along and try karting yourself call the office on 01249 783010 and the team will give you more information.
2012 Castle Combe Karting Championship Round 1 Report
The first round of the 2012 Castle Combe Karting Championship attracted a strong grid of 30 drivers. After downpours of rain throughout the day, Tom Haddock (
All 6 karts headed into the first corner bumper to bumper, with nothing to separate them. Tom Haddock fell down the order, allowing Kristian Jennings, Martin Palmer and Antony Weeks to battle for the lead. Martin Palmer spun, dropping him back down the order behind Tom Haddock, promoting Alec Jordan up to 3rd. Kristian Jennings and Antony Weeks managed to pull away from the rest of the pack with
At the flag Kristian Jennings took the win ahead of Antony Weeks with Alec Jordan finishing a strong 3rd. Tom Haddock hung onto 4th place, with Palmer finishing 5th after his spin and Callum Brown taking 6th.
After a thrilling first round Kristian Jennings and Tom Haddock head the points with 52 points each, both 1 point ahead of equal 3rd placed drivers Antony Weeks and Martin Palmer. Mark Barber had a great run in the heats to line up on pole for his semi-final, but was unable to make it through to final but still remains 8th in championship standings, behind Alec Jordan, Emerson Combstock and Callum Brown.
For more information about the all new Castle Combe Karting Championship please contact Drive-tech ltd on 01249 783 010 or vistit our website www.drivetechltd.co.uk
Future Publishing are again taking over the Castle Combe Racing Circuit on SATURDAY, 12TH MAY 2012. We are going to be offering Arrive and Drive Karting for anyone that has bought a Japfest Ticket from the organisers and is on the circuit to see the splendour of all the Japanese cars. Tickets for Japfest are £20 per person and it all starts at 9.00am.
To try your hand at our Arrive and Drive karting - just come over to the Kart Track situated past the Quarry Gate entrance the cost is only £10 for 10 minutes and the kart track is next to the skid pan and 4x4 off road driving. We will supply you with all the necessary safety equipment including helmets, overalls and gloves. You then get to race your kart as fast as you can for 10 minutes.
The skid pan and 4x4 courses will be running as normal and we currently have 5 spaces on the skid course at 9.30am and 2 spaces at 1.30pm on the skid course. The 4x4 also has space at both 9.30 and 1.30pm - call the office on 01249 783010 to book your space.
If you have already bought your Japfest Tickets and want to pre-book a space on the arrive and drive give us a call on 01249 783010.
For more information on JAPFEST have a look at their website: http://www.japfest.co.uk/2012/04/25/arrive-drive-karting-2/
We were delighted that James Gray MP accepted our invitation to attend the Drive-Tech Driving Centre last week during Tourism Week. One of our experienced instructors, John Yeo, was on hand to show Mr Gray around the centre to see ‘behind the scenes’ as to how we instruct both the public and lots of companies wanting to experience our many driving activities.
John started the tour in our skid briefing room so that Mr Gray could see how the skid pan is set up to teach anyone with a full driving licence how to control our vehicles on our specially prepared surface to mimic icy and slippery road conditions. He also explained all about Health and safety issues in running such a course in a safe and controlled environment.
James Gray was then given a tour of the 4x4 course in one of the centre’s Land Rover Discoveries, which has been quoted by the Off Road Magazine ‘as being one of the best compact courses within the
James expressed that the "Skid Control Course looked like good fun and a valuable experience to learn and that having experienced a skid recently he would like to come back and do the course himself". James also expressed that the 4x4 "was outside his normal comfort zone and was a totally new driving experience for him"
The idea for the invite was initiated by Visit England and the fantastic team at Destination Bristol - they inform us of lots of brilliant ways to promote our business within the tourism markets. We have been working with them for over 25 years and even though we are not in the middle of Bristol they do as much for us as anyone in the great City of Bristol.
For more details of Skid Control, Karting and 4x4 Off Road Driving experiences please call our Team of experts on 01249 783010.
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS SHOW
Drive-Tech attended the very busy and popular Swindon Business Show last week. We were helped by
We were also the prize on their busy little stand and Debbie Smith, Director of Helix Public Relations was the lucky winner – Congratulations Debbie, we really hope you enjoy your skid session with us.
The show was extremely well attended and we also got to have a quick look at the
Hopefully we can catch up with everyone again, but this time in
ENJOY THE BEAUTY OF THE WAR HORSE FILM LOCATION AND MAKE A WEEKEND OF IT!
We have joined forces with the beautiful Castle Inn hotel in the amazing little village of Castle Combe to offer their guests discounted 4x4 courses http://www.castle-inn.info/special-offers/4x4-experience. There are lots of offers on their website including a War Horse weekend special at £340 + VAT for a couple sharing. The offer for the 4x4 which is £103.50 per person as opposed to the normal £115 can be done any day of the week (we do need a minimum of 2 people to run a course) and it takes 3 hours if we have the full compliment of 3 drivers. You don't need to supply the drivers as we put people together.
The 4x4 course is perfect for couples that want to learn the skill of off-road driving and is immense fun! We have BORDA (British Off Road Driving Association) instructors who will show you the course and then you get lots of hands on driving fun to learn all about 4x4 skills including a watersplash, scary ascents and descents. To book the offer you must be staying at the Castle Inn hotel and booked through them - if you were after a valentine's offer we have one on our karting which can be booked direct on 01249 783010, see http://www.drivetechltd.co.uk/component/content/article/46/91-valentine-special.html for more details or call us to discuss.
The Visit Britain website blog has the trailer for War Horse and also pictures of all the filming locations - you cannot go wrong with visiting the village of Castle Combe and less 5 minutes from us! http://www.visitbritainsuperblog.com/2012/01/in-pictures-war-horse-locations/
New Year, New Junior Karting Championship
Sunday 15th January at 1pm
Round 1 gets under way this week end!
Sunday sees the start of our new Junior Karting Championship. Consisting of 11 rounds in total, we should see some exciting racing taking place.
With newly signed off drivers in the mix the Best Novice award is all to play for.
With some of the top drivers from last years championship returning the competition will be fierce. Everyone will be competing for that ultimate goal, CHAMPION!
Don't forget it only takes 5 good scores to put you in the with a chance, so with prizes for the top six and an all inclusive ARKS pack for the champion, everything is to play for.
Experts are welcome for our morning karting sessions, with places still available if you want to get in more track time to see if you can get that licence
signed off. Session starts at 9.30am
Novice karting places available if you know anyone who wants to get in on the action, this session starts at 9.00am
Reserve your place today - 01249 783010 places limited, still only £36...
DON'T MISS THE ACTION!! Junior Karting at Castle Combe where all the good drivers start!.
See you Sunday.
Luke and The Team at Drive-Tech
Alexi Wins Junior Karting Championship in Style!
Written by Jayne Cooper
A Great End to the 2011 Season.
The 2011 Junior Karting championship has drawn to a close, with Alexi Littler wrapping up the championship in perfect style taking a maximum 31 points, winning all 4 heats, the final and getting fastest lap. Will Hertzell failed to improve his points total at the final round so had to settle for 2nd in the championship. Oliver Bayani had a great end to the championship, taking 25 points and 2nd in the final, which was good enough to move up to 3rd place in the overall standings. Max Tadd improved his score, taking 22 points and 5th in the final, but this was not enough to keep Bayani behind and Max had to settle for 4th in the overall championship, only 1 point behind Oliver. Chris Ludlow took 5th in the overall championship, while Justin Draper took 6th in the overall championship and took the Driver of the series award. While Charlie Summers had a great end to the championship taking 17 points in the last round and the driver of the day award, moving up to 18th in the overall championship and taking the best Novice award.
The Spring 2012 Junior Karting Championship revs up again on the 15th January @ 1pm. Kids Karting is great fun!
Junior Kart Championship Final - 18 December at 1pm
Written by EditorJunior Kart Racing at it's Best
Alexi Littler leads the Castle Combe Junior Kart Championship from Will Hertzell by just 4 points with only 1 round to go! Although no one other than Alexi or Will can win the overall championship, the battle for 3rd place is hotly contested with a potential 9 drivers still in contention for 3rd place. With prizes for the top six and a best novice award for drivers in their first Championship it is going to be a great afternoon of kart racing. The best novice is up for grabs with Stephen Netting currently leading the way. However, Ben Gilbert, Alexander Roberts and Charlie Summers still have a great chance.
For those that have not been signed off yet there are spaces in the morning sessions, a great time to get in some extra practice and get signed off ready to race in the new Junior Kart Championship starting 15th January 2012. Telephone 01249 783010 and book your place today.
As it's Christmas there are sweets for everyone who signs on.
